A police officer in central Texas has been placed on paid administrative leave while investigators consider whether a recent Facebook posting by the cop in which he discussed massacring food stamp recipients violated departmental policy.

According to KWTX News, Marlin Police Sgt. Rob Douglas
already admitted that he authored a rant on his public Facebook
profile last week mocking “the useless turd bags” he
encounters at the grocery store on the first of the month — the
day that public assistance, like welfare checks and food stamps,
are usually made available to the needy.

“The first of the month! The day I absolutely LOVE going to
the grocery store after putting in 120+ hours last month,”
Sgt. Douglas wrote. “I love being able to see how the useless
lazy turd bags spend the hard earned money my working friends and
I provided for them so they can sit on their lazy asses all month
and drink the beer I am paying for.”

Douglas went on to ridicule the “thousands of dollars”
in tattoos and car rims he believes are bought with taxpayer
money, then issued a grim warning that has made some residents of
Marlin, TX quite uncomfortable.

“I promise, if I ever snap and go on a killing spree, it will
be in a supermarket on the first,” the officer ended his
Facebook post.

“Being a law enforcement officer, I mean, even if you thought
it, some things you just don’t say,” Marlin resident Doris
Springer Piper told KWTX, adding that was shocked and appalled to
see the rant appear on a social media page of a person
responsible for protecting the community.

According to the network, many of the residents they spoke to
about the web posting expressed concern about possible racial and
violent undertones, and that the diatribe seemed to be targeting
African Americans.

“We want to make sure that the citizens know that post itself
does not reflect the views of the attitude of the Marlin Police
Department,” Marlin Police Chief Daryl Allen told KWTX on
Monday this week.

R.C. Fletcher, the city manager of the town of roughly 6,000,
told the Waco Tribune-Herald that his office has been
made aware of the post as well and, according to the paper,
Fletcher has said there are no plans to involve the Texas Rangers
in the investigation because the officer doesn’t appear to have
done anything illegal. That isn’t to say Douglas is out of hot
water just yet, however: the Tribune reported that MPD policy
prohibits officers from using the internet to hard the
credibility of the department with “statements or other forms
of speech that ridicule, malign, disparage or otherwise express
bias against any race, any religion or any other protected class
of individuals.”

If the investigation concludes that Douglas violated the social
media policy, then he could be referred to counseling or possible
be terminated.

Neither the Tribune now KWTX could reach Douglas for comment, but
both outlets reported that the officer has employed by the MPD
for the last five years. In the meantime, how much of that
half-decade career was spent working 120-hour months as
advertised on Facebook — well below what’s considered full-time
employment — is unknown.